$399.4M Powerball pot won in S.C.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Fortune struck South Carolina on Wednesday night with the area's second big lottery win in four years.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fortune struck South Carolina on Wednesday night with the area’s second big lottery win in four years.

A winning Powerball ticket for the nation’s fifth-largest lottery prize — $399.4 million — was bought at a convenience store in Lexington, S.C. The Murphy Express near I-20 sold a ticket that matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday night: 7-10-22-32-35 and Powerball 19.

The winner can take $233 million in cash or an annuity paid over 29 years for $399.4 million, the South Carolina Education Lottery said.

Powerball is played in 43 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In four years, $659 million in Powerball jackpots have been won within

20 miles of each other in the Columbia area. The $399 million jackpot topped South Carolina’s record of $260 million won in 2009 by Solomon Jackson Jr., who bought his Powerball ticket at a Murphy USA store in Columbia.

The new jackpot winner has 180 days to claim the windfall. State lottery officials said the winner has not been identified.